Russia: Unidentified aircraft helping ISIS in Afghanistan
The Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on the flights of an unidentified aircraft which provides assistance to ISIS in Afghanistan.
The ministry drew attention to reports of regular flights of an aircraft without identification marks in various regions of Afghanistan. In particular, the reports contain information about instances where boxes with weapons and other supplies were dropped for ISIS units.
“This naturally raises a question to the above-mentioned representatives of NATO …
Ukraine confiscates Gazprom’s joint venture shares
Ukraine seized the shares of Gaztransit (Kyiv), Private Joint-Stock Company owned by the Russian Gazprom, as reported in Gazprom’s quarterly report.
“On May 12, 2017, Gazprom PJSC received through the representative office of Gazprom PJSC in Kyiv resolutions of the Department of the State Executive Service of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine on the opening of the enforcement proceedings in the amount of UAH 189.13 billion ($7.20 billion USD), including the amount of the execution fee of UAH 1 …
Poroshenko: This is the first time that Russia is unable to use gas as an instrument of political leverage and blackmail
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko welcomed the judgment of the Stockholm Court of Arbitration in the case of Naftogaz of Ukraine against Gazprom.
Earlier, the Stockholm Court of Arbitration fully satisfied the claims of Naftogaz to Russia's Gazprom under the gas supply contract with Ukraine from 2009 on a ‘take or pay’ basis. The Ukrainian state company won the largest commercial dispute.
The head of state noted that according to this judgment, the "take or pay" provision was cancelled and …
Ukraine is building its own ammunition factory
Two ammunition production lines have already been built in Ukraine. The construction of these production lines was completed by the TASKO Corporation, which united more than 25 military companies and design bureaus, as stated by the Corporation President, Valeriy Pavlyukov.
"We are building an ammunition factory, we have been working on it for 10 years, fully funding it at the expense of our current assets. We have just finished two production lines where we can manufacture ammunition. Before …
Russia expelled Estonian Consul General in St. Petersburg
The Russian authorities sent a letter to Arti Hilpus, Ambassador of Estonia in Moscow, in connection with the expulsion of two Russian diplomats from the country and declared two members of the diplomatic mission of Estonia persona non grata, as published on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia.
The Foreign Ministry ordered the Consul General of Estonia in St. Petersburg, Jaanus Kirikmäe and the head of the Pskov Chancellery of the Estonian Consulate General in St. …